Named “constellation” by director Chikara Iwai, Kikoe is an experimental documentary about experimental music. Well-known Japanese experimental musician Yoshihide Ohtomo interviews musicians, artists, and writers from Japan and around the world. Also featuring videos of numerous live performances, this film synthesizes and distills millions of voices, sounds, characters, and shadows from across the globe.

If experimental music is explained as the language of noise and silence, the nature of this documentary is indeed appropriate. It pays little attention to its coherence or narrative flow, but rather allows a reality to emerge from the rhythms, textures, and streams of consciousness that will appeal even to those who are new to experimental music.

After the screening, musician and writer Yan Jun will share the stories of film director Chikara Iwai and present his own experiential sound projects.

International Film Festival - Offical Selection:

38th International Film Festival Rotterdam

6^th Lisbon International Independent Film Festival

SANFIC 5

14^th Milan International Film Festival

24^th Mar del Plata International Film Festival

About the director:

Chikara Iwai is a filmmaker/artist Born in Gunma, Japan, 1977. By using mediums ranging from video to 2D and 3D installations, Iwai's works refer to the particularities of "sound and media recording." In addition to a contemporary video works which received an award at Brazil’s "One Minute Word Festival," he also creates PVs and short films for musicians in Japan and abroad. After a stint at TV production company "TV MAN UNION," he began filming a documentary of world－renowned musician Otomo Yoshihide in 2005. Since 2006 Iwai has run an event space, "GRID605", in collaboration with Otomo.

2013 Miji Festival

Yan Jun is a musician and writer. Born in Lanzhou in 1973 and currently based in Beijing, he is involved in improvisation, electronics, feedback, site-specific performance/installation, field recording, noise, project organization, and writing. He is a member of: FEN (FarEast Network), Tea Rockers Quintet, Impro Committee. He has toured in US, Australia, Europe and Asia. He is also making a “living room tour,” a hypnotizing Micro Feedback project that moves through mesmerized audiences’ living rooms.

Yan Jun is a musician and writer. Born in Lanzhou in 1973 and currently based in Beijing, he is involved in improvisation, electronics, feedback, site-specific performance/installation, field recording, noise, project organization, and writing. He is a member of: FEN (FarEast Network), Tea Rockers Quintet, Impro Committee. He has toured in US, Australia, Europe and Asia. He is also making a “living room tour,” a hypnotizing Micro Feedback project that moves through mesmerized audiences’ living rooms.